SOLICITATIONCLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTTELEPHONE DIRECTORYIt
is improper for an attorney to use bold face type in business listings in either the
classified section or alphabetical section of telephone directories.

Does the use of bold face type business listings by an attorney in either the
classified section or the alphabetical section of telephone directories constitute a
violation of the Canons of Ethics?

Opinion

It is the unanimous opinion of the Committee that the use of bold face type by
attorneys in business listings in either the classified section or the alphabetical
section of the telephone directories constitutes a violation of the Canons of Ethics. (See
Canon 24.)

The subject of this inquiry has been previously held by this Committee to constitute
such violation of Canon 24 in its Opinion
No. 107 and No. 155. (See also ABA Opinion No. 284.) (8-0.)